Iron County register., 1887-03-24
the postoffice at Edge Hill. He is still in the
pedagogue business

the postOffice at Edge Hill. He is still in the
pedagogue business.
This letter is written in unusual surround
Lindsay are skilled taxidermists and their
house is quite menagerie and aviary. The
list is led by the panther shot by Mr.. John
Cole on the East Fork. 1t is nearly eight
feet long and about thirty inches high, and
when alive must have been an ugly customer.
Around him are foxes, minks, weasles and
squirrels. A grand bald eagle leads of an
other list, followed by wild turkey, some
wild geese, dozen varieties of the wild
ducks and water hen. A large collection
of song birds perch on the picture frames or
brood on nests, while an immense brown
owl looks down in round-eyed wonder on
the congress below.
On the farm there is fish pond contain
ing carp three years old and weighing twelve
pounds each. Besides being skilled farmers
Messrs. Oesch and Lindsay are keen sports
men and are aided and abetted by Mr. Christ
Yonkers, of Mlddlebrook, who is a real gen.
tlemen and a well-trained German soldier.
| His double barrelled breech- loader is rough
| on wild ducks which frequent the fish pond
| in great number. The sporting outfit of the
house consists of three men with seven guns,
one bird dog, two hounds, shepherd and a
"yaller dorg." On yesterday Mr.. Lindsay
| killed seven wild geese at one shot. But the
farm work is not neglected for an hour.
Now that the ice and mud blockade has been
raised the time passes very pleasantly. Mr..
A. j. Lindsay, Mrs. Oesch, Mrs. Lindsay and
Mrs. Mary A. Hyner are good musician.
This fact joined with the well-known hos
pitality of the house brings in cultured peo-
pie. Mr.. Green, superintendent of Iron
Mountain farm, and Mr.. Jamison, the high
sheriff of Reynolds county, are frequent So
cial visitors, as well as Mr.. and Mrs. John
Drury, Mr.. Alfred Hale and DR.. Frank
Parker. The last mentioned gentleman has
arranged for the pedagogue to teach in his
family.
Among our business men the Messrs.
Latham merchants at Edge Hill are making
success certain by being prompt and cour-
teous in their business.
A visit to Kaolin recently revealed the fact
that teamsters from Black river are purloin-
ing the soil of Belleview. A train of four
wagons was met which had at least a ton and
half of real estate attached to them, and
were getting away with it slowly. That
practice should be stopped.
Some parties have commenced prospecting
on the head Of Middle Fork. That is good
as it will give employment to laboring men.
But the probabilities are against the deyel.
opment of mineral in paving quantities. The
design is probably to get up a boom without
any bottom in it. There are social problems
in that region which bid fair to demonstrate
the moral bankruptcy of some parties whose
standing has hitherto been fair.
So far as known there has not been a
death on the upper Middle Fork since that
of Mrs. Cynthia Henderson, and there is
very little sickness.
The report of the weather for the last
week is left for your correspondent at Good
water.
On the upper Middle Fork every man will
soon have post office of his own. "Eddi-
cation haye riz."
One of your correspondents desires an eX-
planation of the way in which so many lame
ducks become school teachers. An eXpla-
nation from county commissioners and
boards of directors would be in order, but
not from a pedagogue. The standard among
teachers has risen greatly within the last fif-
thankful and ayoid all grumbling if possible.
We must learn to be patient of the slow
| growth of great work.
| THOMAS CALLAHAN.
Edge Hill, Mo.